Palekh (Russian: Па́лех) is an urban locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Palekhsky District in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia.

The village emerged as a leading center of Russian icon and mural painting in the 19th century.

A good example of the Palekh school are the murals and icons from the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross (built in 1762–1774).

Around 1923, following the October Revolution with its outspoken atheist ideology, the Palekh masters of iconography began to paint papier-mâché boxes while applying the same principles they had learned from painting icons.

Palekh is the most renowned of the four famous villages, the others being Kholuy, Mstyora, and Fedoskino, each producing similar, yet a very distinct artistic style.